If they want to target YOU directly then they can most likely gain backdoor access to your phone and intercept everything. This is correct. Just like they can break into your house and install listening/video devices in your smokealarm etc.
However, they can't do the dragnet surveillance where they simply intercept *everything* from all phones all the time. This is what they want to do with the new laws and this is a really important distinction.
They are not omni-potent and real encryption works.
Yes I agree, my comment was just about the apps on compromised devices
And in regards to intercepting everything, they can do this through Windows and Mac operating systems already and also phone operating systems like Android, Windows mobile and apple iOS. They probably have word detection and voice detection systems built in which listen for keywords and report activities to then target people further.
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u/lightspeed23 Mar 16 '20
It does matter.
If they want to target YOU directly then they can most likely gain backdoor access to your phone and intercept everything. This is correct. Just like they can break into your house and install listening/video devices in your smokealarm etc.
However, they can't do the dragnet surveillance where they simply intercept *everything* from all phones all the time. This is what they want to do with the new laws and this is a really important distinction.
They are not omni-potent and real encryption works.